1884 All straps have a Royal Blue field. General of Division: White outer edge, gold lace with gilt button, silver eagle and stars. ( Fig. 1. ) General of Brigade: As per Fig.1 but without the stars. Colonel: Gold lace and gilt button with silver star. ( Fig.2. ) Lieutenant Colonel: Lace as per Fig.2. but with 2 silver stripes, as in Fig.3. Major: Lace as per Fig.2. but with a single silver stripe. 1st Captain: As per Fig.3. with 3 stripes of gold lace. 2nd Captain: As per Fig.3. with 2 outer stripes on gold lace and the centre one in silver lace. Lieutenant: As per Fig.3. but with 2 gold lace stripes. Sub-Lieutenant: Gold lace around border with a single gold lace stripe. ( Fig.3 ) 1914 All shoulder bars have a Black field General of Division: White outer border, gold lace and inner border, silver eagle and stars. ( Fig.4.) General of Brigade: As per Fig.4. without the stars but with more laurel leaves on the central branches. Brigadier General: As per Fig.4. without the stars and central branches of laurel leaves. Colonel: Silver stars with gold lace on inner border. ( Fig.5. ) Lieutenant Colonel: As per Fig.5. but with 2 stars. Major: As per Fig.5. but with 1 star. 1st Captain: Gold lace on inner border with 3 gold bars. ( Fig.6. ) 2nd Captain: As per Fig.6. but with the 2 outer bars in gold lace and the central bar in silver lace. Lieutenant: As per Fig.6. with 2 gold bars. Sub-Lieutenant: As per Fig.6. but with only 1 gold bar. Source: "El Ejercito Mexicano", published by the Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional, Mexico 1979. Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 5, Mexican Army 1900-20 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com